Don’t forget to head out to Saint Paul today (Tuesday Nov. 24th) for the Joe’s Boardshop sale and rail jam. There will be a $15 entry fee if you wish to ride in the jam, but of course it’s free to watch. Also the Salomon pro team will be stopping by for a little meet and greet. The team visiting Minnesota will including Chris Grenier, Jed Andersen, and many others. The rail starts at 6pm but show up early for good deals in the shop.
Wild Mountain announced today that they will be closing for the rest of the week due to poor snow conditions. So far they have been the only resort to open in Minnesota and the weather hasn’t been very friendly to other resorts to try and catch up. Most resorts were open at this time last year, yet they keep pushing their opening dates back this year due to warm temperatures. Hopefully we will see the temperature drop after Thanksgiving as the weather forecasters predict. I don’t know about everybody else, but it has been pretty depressing for me to watch places out west such as Mount Baker open their season with powder days. Let’s all hope for colder weather so we can start the season we’ve been waiting for all summer long. In the meantime, make sure you stop by Joe’s Boardshop tomorrow night for a rail jam and an appearance by the Salomon pro team.
Even though the resorts haven’t had quite the right temps to open yet, there are still plenty of Minnesota events to keep your stoke up. This weekend you can head up to Forest Lake and check out a bungee rail jam at the FL Project. The jam will start at 2pm on Sunday (October 18th) and there will be an entry fee of $15. Please pre-register if you can at FL Project to be guaranteed a spot. Look for pics after the jam on rideMinnesota.com.
I’m sure plenty of you were excited this morning when you woke up to a nice covering of the white stuff. The couple inches of snow this morning was exactly what we needed to get even more stoked about the new snow season to come. Get those boards and skis waxed up and keep checking the site to see which resort opens first. Trollhaugen and Wild Mountain have already started making snow but the forecast doesn’t look great for progress. Keep your fingers crossed for colder temps and tell those complainers to move somewhere else… Enjoy the picture of snowy runs courtesy of Welch Village.
Check out the newly posted video of the Trollhaugen Rail Jam from Aidan. Click the “read more” link to watch the video.
The FL Project is in need of one more design for their back to school 2009 line up. Now is your chance to put the pen to the paper or murder out a design on your computer. You are in full graphic control, if you want to use the shop name in your design go for it, if not no worries they will add one on the sleeve or back print. All entries need to be in by 8pm on July 30th. Winner will be announced on or before the 10th of August.
If you haven’t quite had enough of snowboarding for the year, be sure to check out the upcoming spring rail jams at Spirit Mountain and Wild Mountain. Starting this weekend on Saturday May 9th you can head up to Duluth and check out the annual Damage Revisted Rail Jam hosted by Damage Boardshop. Then the following Saturday after that, cruise north to Wild Mountain for their 2nd annual AmThrash Spring Rail Jam. Check out the events section of the site for more details.
Well if this cold weather has kept you in all week, I bet you are ready to hit up a comp at Wild Mountain. Head out for the Paint the Mountain Green Best trick contest up there in Taylor Falls. The comp will start at 6pm and registration is from 4-5pm the day of the comp. A $5 registration fee will be charged for all riders. Special thanks to the sponsors K2 and Fl Project.
Summit Boardshop in Lake Elmo will be hosting a rail jam directly behind their shop this Saturday. The setup looks sick and there is a $1000 grand prize. There will be a cap of 100 riders so register early. The first heat will start at 1pm and the final jam will be at 6:30pm. Call Summit for more details or check our event section.
Well it’s about that time of the year that the snowboarding buzz starts. You really know it’s almost time when the ski resorts start having their annual fall fairs. Afton’s fair and gear swap will be in early october this year.
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